Roasted Butternut Squash with a Cranberry, Apple and Chestnut Stuffing

Ingredients

  • for the stuffing:
  • chestnut and orange dressing
  • 80g cooked chestnuts
  • juice of 1 orange
  • 1 tsp maple syrup
  • 2 tbsps olive oil
  • 2 tbsps red wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsps water
  • pinch salt
  • 80g cooked chestnuts
  • Juice of 1 orange
  • 1 tsp maple syrup
  • 2 tbsps olive oil
  • 2 tbsps red wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsps water
  • Pinch salt
  • Couple of turns of ground black pepper

Preparation

  1. Sauté 1/2 onion in a little olive oil with salt and pepper to taste and 1/2 tsp dried thyme along with a few fresh thyme leaves. Add half a red apple, chopped and 100g cooked chestnuts, crumbled - sauté for a further 10 mins. Add 200g cooked brown rice and a handful of dried cranberries. Stir well and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes

  2. Fill the freshly roasted squash with the chestnut stuffing and drizzle with the dressing below. Top with fresh sage leaves for a gorgeously, subtle, woody scent

  3. Split a whole butternut squash lengthways and scoop out the seeds and the stringy bits. Drizzle with olive oil and roast at 180 for 1 hrs

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